~ ~ Take A Quick Trip Back To 1970 ~ ~
ECONOMY
President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Population: 205,052,174
Life expectancy: 70.8 years
Dow-Jones - High: 842
Dow-Jones - Low: 631
Federal spending: $195.65 billion
Federal debt: $380.9 billion
Inflation: 6.5%
Consumer Price Index: 38.8
Unemployment: 3.5%
 
MUSIC
Billboard Top 10
1. Venus - The Shocking Blue
2. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
3. I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family
4. Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & Miracles
5. Rapper, The - The Jaggerz
6. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
7. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
8. Vehicle - The Ides Of March
9. War - Edwin Starr
10. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
 
Top Albums
Abraxas - Santana
Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
McCartney - Paul McCartney
Woodstock - Sound Track
 
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
Best New Artist: Carpenters
Best Pop Duo or Group: Close to You, Carpenters
Best Pop Female Vocal: I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Dionne Warwick
Best Pop Male Vocal: Everything Is Beautiful, Ray Stevens
Best Pop Song: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Record of the Year: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
Song of the Year: Bridge Over Troubled Water
 
TELEVISION
Americas Top 20 TV Favorites
1 - Marcus Welby M.D.
2 - The Flip Wilson Show
3 - Here's Lucy
4 - Ironside
5 - Gunsmoke
6 - ABC Movie of the Week
7 - Hawaii Five-O
8 - Medical Center
9 - Bonanza
10 - The F.B.I.
11 - The Mod Squad
12 - Adam-12
13 - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
14 - Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
15 - Mayberry R.F.D
16 - Hee Haw
17 - Mannix
18 - The Men From Shiloh
19 - My Three Sons
20 - The Doris Day Show
 
Emmy Awards
Drama
Best Drama: The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
Best Actor: Hal Holbrook, The Bold Ones: The Senator
Best Actress: Susan Hampshire, Masterpiece Theatre: The First Churchills
Supporting Actor: David Burns, Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Price
Supporting Actress: Margaret Leighton, Hallmark Hall of Fame: Hamlet
 
Comedy
Best Comedy: All in the Family (CBS)
Best Actor: Jack Klugman, The Odd Couple
Best Actress: Jean Stapleton, All in the Family
Supporting Actor: Edward Asner, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Supporting Actress: Valerie Harper, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Best Variety: The Flip Wilson Show (NBC)
 
SPORTS
Football
Superbowl V: Baltimore 16 - Dallas 13
Pro MVP: John Brodie, San Francisco, QB & George Blanda, Oakland, QB-PK
 
College Football: Nebraska
Heisman Trophy: Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB
Rose Bowl: Stanford 27, Ohio St. 17
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 17, LSU 12
Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 24, Texas 11
Sugar Bowl: Tennessee 34, Air Force 13
 
Basketball
NBA Championship
Winner: New York Knicks 4-3 (WLWLWLW) - Coach: Red Holzman
Opposing Team: LA Lakers - Coach: Joe Mullaney
NBA MVP: Willis Reed, New York, C Ave Score: 21.7
 
NCAA National Champions: UCLA 28-2 - Coach: John Wooden
 
Baseball
World Series
Winner: Baltimore 4-1 (WWWLW) - Coach: Earl Weaver
Opposing Team: Cincinnati - Coach: Sparky Anderson
 
National League
MVP: Johnny Bench, Cincinnati - C
Rookie of the Year: Carl Morton, Mon - P
 
American League
MVP: Boog Powell, Bal - 1B
Rookie of the Year: Thurman Munson, NY - C
 
BOOKS
Fiction Best Sellers
Love Story - Erich Segal
The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
Deliverance - James Dickey
Great Lion of God - Taylor Caldwell
The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight - Jimmy Breslin
Travels with My Aunt - Graham Greene
God Is an Englishman - R. F. Delderfield
The Secret Woman - Victoria Holt
Calico Palace - Gwen Bristow
 
Nonfiction Best Sellers
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask - David Reuben
The New English Bible
The Sensuous Woman - "J"
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, ed. William Morris
Up the Organization - Robert Townsend
Ball Four - Jim Bouton
Zelda - Nancy Milford
Inside the Third Reich - Albert Spear
Body Language - Julius Fast
Human Sexual Inadequacy - William Masters, Virgina E. Johnson
 
Pulitzer Fiction
Collected Stories, Jean Stafford
 
Pulitzer Non-fiction
Gandhi's Truth, Erik H. Erikson
AUTO PRICES
AMC Gremlin$1,879
Buick Le Sabre$3,337
Chrysler Barracuda$2,764
Chrysler Newport$3,861
Comet Montego Cyclone GT$3,690
Dodge Dart Swinger$2,237
Dodge Monaco$3,743
Ford Maverick$1,995
Ford Ranchero$2,995
Ford Torino$3,506
Lincoln Mercury$3,690
Mercury Marauder$3,503
Plymouth Fury Sedan$3,303
Plymouth Horizon Fastback$4,801
Pontiac Catalina$4,210
 
FOOD PRICES
Ajax Cleanser$0.15/can
Apples$0.15/lb
Bananas$0.12/lb
Bathroom Tissue$0.13/roll
Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup$0.10/can
Campbells Tomato Soup$0.10/can
Cantaloupe$0.30/each
Clorox Bleach$0.38/gal
Crest Toothpaste$0.77/tube
Fresh Beef Liver$0.49/lb
Fresh Strawberries$0.29/lb
Frozen Vegetables$0.25/pkg
Grape Jelly$0.25/jar
Grapefruit$0.10/each
Ground Round Beef$0.79/lb
Head & Shoulder Shampoo$0.79/btl
Heinz Ketchup$0.19/btl
Jersey Maid Yogurt$0.19 each
Large AA Eggs$0.59/dozen
Lettuce$0.10/head
Lifebouy Soap$0.19/bar
Milk$1.15/gal
Mortons Frozen Dinners$0.33/each
Onions$0.09/lb
Oranges$0.07/lb
Oscar Meyer Bacon$0.88/lb
Pork Chops/Pork Loin$0.59/lb
Potatoes$0.09/lb
Regent Pop$0.17/quart
Sirloin Steak$1.19/lb
Sliced Boiled Ham$1.39/lb
Sliced Bread$0.25/loaf
Star Kist Tuna$0.29/can
Sugar$0.08/lb
Superior Hot Dogs$0.69/lb
Sweet Corn$0.96/dozen
Tomatoes$0.19/lb
Turkeys$0.58/lb
Watermelon$0.10/lb
 
NEWS
News Headlines
o  Senate Curbs Defacto School Segregation
o  Chicago 7 Are Acquitted Of Conspiracy To Riot. 5 Found Guilty Of Lesser Charges
o  South Whites Storm Bus To Prevent integration
o  National Guard Opens Fire Killing Four Students At Kent State University
o  Nixon Asks Vote For 18 Years Olds
o  747 With 379 Aboard Hijacked To Cuba
o  Soviet Cosmonauts Set New Record Of 17 Days In Space
 
In The News
o  Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty goes into affect
o  Nation Celebrates Earth Day
o  Stocks rise 32.04 in record day
o  Penn Central asks for bankruptcy reorganization
o  New York Abortion law takes effect, most liberal in US
o  200,00 Are killed in East Pakistan Cyclone Tidal Wave
 
MOVIES
Top Movie Money Makers
Love Story$106,400,000
M*A*S*H$73,200,000
Cheriots of the Gods$25,948,300
Joe$19,184,330
Ann och Eve - de erotiska$18,000,000
 
Academy Awards
Best Actor: George C. Scott: Patton
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson: Women in Love
Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner: Patton
Best Picture: Frank McCarthy: Patton
Best Supporting Actor: John Mills: Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes: Airport
 
POTPOURRI
o  Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 500,000
o  Earthquake in Peru kills 67,000
o  The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations
o  Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded
o  Apollo 13 mission to moon abandoned ["Houston, we've had a problem."]
o  Japan becomes the worlds fourth space power, after the Soviet Union (1957), the United States (1958), and France (1965).
o  First Earth Day celebrated
o  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) begins operation
o  US increases import duty taxes to protect American Jobs
o  President Abdel Nasser of Egypt dies and 5 million turn out to honor him
o  The Liberian registered tanker Pacific Glory spills up to 100,000 gallons of crude oil on October 25th into the English Channel creating a huge oil slick and an environmental disaster
o  Boeing 747 makes its first commercial passenger trip to London
o  US Invades Cambodia
o  100,000 people demonstrate in Washington DC against the Vietnam War
o  The Worlds Population reaches 3.63 billion
o  The US Population reaches 205 million
o  The US has 85 people per sq mile
o  Hurricane Celia makes landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas leaving 15 dead and nearly $400 million in damages,
o  Japan has 1,083 People per sq mile
o  The US and the UK lowers the voting age to 18 from 21
o  California becomes the first US State to adopt "No Fault" Divorce law.
o  Controlled Substance Act passed part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
o  The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed
o  Chicago Seven defendants found guilty of intent to incite a riot in 1968 ( later overturned by Court of Appeal )
o  Dow Jones drops to 631
o  National Guards fire on and kill 4 protesters on May 4th at Kent State University
o  Brazil wins their third world cup with Pele as the captain
o  Penn Central Railroad asks for Bankruptcy Reorganization
o  Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Blood Sweat and Tears are top performers
o  NFL and AFL merge into the NFL
o  Boston Bruins player Bobby Orr scores a record 120 points as a defensmen
o  IBM introduces the "Floppy" disk for storage
o  Lasers are used in bombing targeting for more accuracy
o  Young fashion is found in Army Navy surplus stores and thrift shops
o  New words; preppie, hassle, fast-food, rip-off, Fortran, blahs, put down
o  Massive recall of canned Tuna by FDA for possible mercury poisoning
o  Vassar college admits male students for the first time
o  The Isle of Wight Festival takes place. 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull.
o  Jimi Hendrix dies of barbiturate overdose in London
o  Janis Joplin dies in a cheap motel from a heroin overdose
o  Sonny Liston died of a heroin overdose
o  The first New York marathon is run in New York
o  Simon and Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The Title Track won the Grammy for song of the year.
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